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WILSON ASKS CONGRESS
EW TAX LAWS ARE NECESSARY,
DECLARES PRESIDENT
WILSON.
HIT INCOMES AND LUXURIES
Wllcon Pcroonally Takes Charge of
War Tax Lenlolntlon Call on Con
greso to Eliminate All Politics from
the Question.
Washington, D. C, May 27. Just na
tho German cannon woro thundering
their horald of tho renewed offensive
on tho western battlo front President
"Wilson today appeared unexpectedly
before congress and demanded that,
laying political considerations and
othors asldo, It remain In session un
til It has enacted now war tax laws
to flnanco tho growing cost of tho war
and propnro tho country for tho bur
don It must boar.
At tho conclusion of his prepared ad
dress the president, pausing, laid his
hand over his manuscript nnd added
another precedent breaker to tho long
lint ho has established In his dealings
with congress. Ho nddrcssed tho as
Bomblago extemporaneously, speaking
earnestly and forcefully whllo his au
dlcnco sat In rapt and surprised
fllloncc.
"May I add this word, gontlemon?"
ald he. "Just as I was leaving tho
"Whlto House I was told that tho ex
pected drive on tho westorn front had
apparently begun. You can reallzo
how that solemnlzod my feeling as
1 camo to you, and how It soomed to
strengthen tho purpose which I havo
trlod to express In those linos.
"I havo admired tho work of this
session. Tho way1 In which tho two
houses of congress havo cooporated
with tho oxocutlvo has been generous
and admlrablo, and It Is not In any
spirit of BUggostlng duty noglectod, but
only to romlnd you of tho common
cause and the common obligations that
I havo vontured to como to you to
day."
Ovation for President.
Tho prosldont was greotcd with
cheers when In his speech ho Inti
mated, almost at tho outset, that now
rovonuo would bo drawn from war
profits, Incomes and luxuries.
Tlio crowded galleries and tho houso
and sonato roso and cheered loudly
whon ho dnclarod that hundreds of
thousands of American troops In tho
Held and In ships aro crowding to
the front, with roglmont after regi
ment to join them, until "tho onomy
shall ho bcatou and brought to a reck
oning with mankind."
His hearers lauded his declaration
that profiteering should bo roached by
taxation and that tho country is roady
for any nocossary sacrifice.
Majority Loader Kltchin, nB chair
man of tho houso ways nnd means
commlttoo, which will immediately be
gin plans for tho rovonuo legislation,
and Chairman Simmons, of tho sonato
flnanco committee, hold n conforonco
immediately after tho spooch.
It waB decided at tho Simmons
Kltchin conference to havo tho houso
ways and means committee bogin
hearings on tho bill early In June,
Tho hearings aro oxpoctod to laBt
about threo' wooks and afterward tho
sonato flnanco commlttoo plans to co
operate with tho houso commlttoo in
drafting tho new measure
Wilson Takes Charge.
I'resldont Wilson porsonnlly took
charge of tho war legislation whon ho
appoarod unexpectedly boforo a Joint
session of congross and declared it
was nocossary to proceed immediate
ly with now war tax laws.
Plans, which might havo delayed tho
work, but which Involved a working
agreement botwoen both parties have
fallen through, tho president told tho
legislators, nnd there was no way to
meet tho problom of financing tho
war but to huvo congress remain in
passion hiiu ko uuctiu at once.
Tho prosldont callod upon congross
to oliminato politics from tho con
sideration. Politics, ho said, is "ad
journed.'' Tho principal incroasoH In taxation,
tho prosldont said, should bo on in
comes, war profits and luxuries,
It would bo manlfostly unfair, tho
president said, to wait until 1019 bo
foro determining what tho now taxes
-would bo.
In specific torma tho president gavo
a distinct warning against lobbying
in connection with tho now bill.
Thoro is indlsputablo proof of
profiteering at prosont, tho prosldont
said, nnd ho declarod It must bo
reached by tho new legislation.
"Profiteering that cannot bo got nt
fcy restralna of consclonco," said tho
prosldont, "can bo got at by tnxaUon."
"Thoro ncod bo no hesitancy In tnx
Ing tho country," tho prosldont told
congress, "If It wero tnxod Justly."
Ho aproaled to congress to approach
tho groat task without selfishness or
fear of political consoquoncos.
"An Intonso and pltlloss light boats
on overy man in tho traglo part ot
war that is now upon tho atngo," said
the progldont.
Tho proBidont concluded with an ap
peal to congross to do its work un-
grudgingly and said ho could not guar
antoo a proper admiration of the
trouBury unless the question wore set
tled nt onco.
Tho presidents addresB was com
parntlvely brief, taking loos than fif
teen minutes for delivery.
The Address In Full.
Washington, D. C, May 27. Presi
dent Wilson's address to congress to
day In full follows:
"Qontlemen of tho Congress: It is
with unaffectod roluctanco that I
como to ask you to prolong your ses
sion long enough to provide more ado
qutito resources for tho treasury for
tho conduct of tho war. I have rca
Hon to apprccinto as fully as you do
how arduous tho session has been.
Your labors havo been sovero nnd
protracted. You have passed n long
scries of measures which required tho
dobato of many doubtful questions of
Judgment and many exceedingly diffi
cult questions of prlnclplo as well as
of practice. Tho summer is upon us
in which labor and council are twlco
arduous and aro constantly to bo im
paired by lassitude and fatiguo. Tho
elections aro at hand and wo ought
as soon ns possible to render an
intlmato account of our trusteeship
to tho pooplo who delegated us to
act for thom In tho wolghty and
anxious matters that crowd upon us
In those days of critical choice and ac
tion, But wo dare not go to tho elec
tions until wo havo dono our duty to
tho full. Thcso aro days whon duty
stands stark and naked, and ovon
with closed eyes we know It Is thoro.
Excusos aro unavailing, Wo havo
either dono our duty or havo not.
Tho fact will bo ns gross nnd plain
as tho duty itsolf. In such a caso
lassitude and fatiguo Beom negligible
ouough. Tho facta aro tonic and suf
flco to freshon tho labor.
More War Funds Needed.
"And tho facts aro theso: Additional
rovonuos must manifestly be provided
for. It would bo a most unsound pol
icy to raise too largo n proportion of
thom by loan and it is evident that
tho four billions now provided for by
taxation will not of thomsolvcB sus
tain tho greatly enlarged budget to
which wo must Immediately look for
ward. Wo cannot in 'falrnesB wait
until tho end of tho fiscal year is nt
hand to apprise our pooplo of tho
taxes they must pay on their earnings
of tho prosont cnlondar year whoso
accountings nnd expenditures will
then bo closed. Wo cannot get in
creased taxeB unless tho country
knows what they aro to bo and prac
tico tho nocossary economy to make
thom available. DollnitonesB, early
doflnltenoBB, ns to what Its tasks aro
to bo Is absolutely necessary for tho
BucceBBful administration of tho treas
ury; it cannot frame fair and work
ablo regulations in hnsto; and It must
framo ita regulations In hnsto If it Is
not to know Its exact task until tho
very ovo of Us porformnnco. Tho
presont tax laws aro marred, more
ovor, by Inequalities which ought to
bo romedlod. Indlsputablo facts, ov
ory ono, nnd wo cannot alter or blink
thom. To stato thom Is argument
enough. t
Take the War Profits.
"Aud yet, perhaps you will permit
me to dwell for a moment upon tho
situation thoy dlscloso. Enormoua
loans freely spent in tho stimulation
of Industry of almost every sort pro
duce inflatlong and extravagances
which presently mnko tho wholo eco
nomic structuro questionable and in
socuro and tlio very basis of credit
is cut away. Only fair, equitably dls
tributed taxation of tho widest inci
dence, and drawing chiefly from tho
sources which would bo likely to. de
moralize credit by thoir very abund
ance, can prevent Inflation and keep
our system from speculation nnd
waste.
"Wo shall naturally turn, therefore,
I supposo, to war profits and incomes
upon which tht Increased taxes will '
bo lovlod will bo tho proflts and In
comes of tho calendar year of 1918.
It would bo manifestly unfair to wait
until tho oarly months ot 1919 to say
what thoy aro to bo. Thoy might bo
difficult, I Bhould lmaglno, to run tho
mill with wator that had already gono
ovor tho wheel.
"Moreover, taxos of that sort will
not bo paid until tho Juno of next
year and tho treasury department
must antlclpato thom. It must uso
tho monoy thoy aro to produco boforo
It Is due; It must soil short time cer
tificates of indebtedness.
In tho autumn a much lnrgor salo of
long tlmo bonds must bo. offoctod than
hna yet boon attempted. What aro
tho bankers to think of tho certificates
if they do not know cortnlnly where
tho money is to como from which Is
to take them up? And how aro In
vestors to approach tho purchase of
bonds with any sort of confidence or
knowlodgo of thoir own affairs if thoy
do not know what taxos thoy aro to
pay and what economies and adjust
ments of their business thoy must
offset? I cannot assure tho country
of a successful administration of tho
treasury In 1918 If tho question of
f ilillinn inwniln.i I -. A . &
lurmur laxuiion ib to no left undo
CidOd Until 1919.
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD,
Winning of War First.
Tho consideration that dominates
cvory other now nnd makes orory oth
er soem trivial and negligible, is the
winning of the war. Wo are not only
in tho midst of the war; wo are at
tho very peak and crisis of it. Hun
dreds of thousands of our men, car
rying our hearts with them and our
fortunes are in tlio field and ships
aro crowding faster and faster to tho
ports of Franco and England with
regiment after regiment, thousand
after thousand, to Join them until tho
enemy shall be beaten and brought
to a reckoning with mankind.
"There can bo no pause or Inter
mission. Tho great enterprise muot,
on tho contrary, bo pushed with
greater and greater cnorgy. , Tho vol
ume of our might must steadily aud
rapidly bo augmented until thoro can
bo no question of resisting it. Our
financial program muat no more bo
loft in doubt or suffered to lag than
our ordnance program, or our Bhip
program, or our munitions program or
our program for making millions of
men ready. Those others aro not
programs, Indeed, but mere planB upon
papor unlcsB there Ib to bo unques
tionable supply of money.
Wants to Share Burden.
"I am advising you to act upon
this matter of taxation now gentle
men, not because I do not know that
you can seo nnd interpret tho facts
and tho duty thoy impose Just as well
as with as cloar a perception of tho
obligations involved as I can, but bo
causo there is a certain solemn satis
faction in sharing with you tho re
sponsibilities of such a time. Tho
world nover stood in such n caso
before. Men never before had so
cloar or so moving a vision of duty.
I know that you will begrudge tho
work to bo dono hero by us not more
than tho men begrudge theirs who He
In tho trenches and sally tortfi to
thoir death. There is a stimulating
comradeship knitting us all together.
And this task to which I Invito your
immedlato consideration will be per
formed under favorable Influences if
we look to what tho country is think
ing nnd expecting and care nothing
nt all for what is being said and be
lieved In tho lobbies of Washington
hotels, whore tho atmosphore seoms
to make It possible to bellovo what Is
bolleved nowhere else. Havo you not
folt the spirit ot the nation rise and
Its thought becomo a single nnd com
mon thought since theso eventful
days In which 'we havo been sending
our boys to tho other side?
Put Politics on Sholf.
"That Is the situation and it Is tho
situation which crcntos the duty, no
choice or proforenco of ourfl. Thoro
is only ono way to meet that duty.
I Wo miiBt meet it without selfishness
or foar of consequence.-!. Politics is
adjourned. Tho elections will go to
those who think leaat of it; to thoso
who go to tho constituencies without
explanation or excuses, with a plain
record of duty faithfully and disin
terestedly performed. I for ono am
alwnys confldont that tho people of
this country will glvo a Just verdict
upon tho service of tho men who net
for them when tho facts aro such
that no man can disguise or conceal
them. There is not danger of deceit
now. An intonso and pitiless light
beats upon overy man and overy ac
tion In this tragic plot ot war that is
now upon tho stage.
"If lobbyists hurry to Washlnrton to
attempt to turn what you do in tho
matter of taxation to . their protec
tion or advantage, tho light will bo
also upon thom. Thore is abundant
fuel for tho light In the rocordB of
tho tronsury with regard to profltB of
overy sort. Tho profiteering that can
not bo got nt by the stralnt of con
science and love of country can be
got at by taxation. There Is such
profiteering now and tho information
with regard to it is available and in
disputable. People Are United.
"I think you must read that thought
as I do, to moan this, that tho peoplo
of this country aro not only united
in tho resolute purpose to win the war,
but aro ready and willing to bear any
burden and undergo ajiy sacrlflco that
it may bo necessary for thom to bear
in order to win It. Wo need not bo
afraid to tax them, if wo tax Ihoin
Justly. Thoy know that tho war must
bo paid for nnd that It Is thoy who
must pay for It nnd if tho burden is
JuBtly distributed and tho sacrlflco
mndo n common nacrlfico, from which
none escaped who can bear it at
nil, they Will carry It cheerfully nnd
with n sort of solemn pride. I have
already been proud to be an Amorl
can and was nover more proud than
now, whon all that wo havo saljd
and nil that wo havo foreseen about
our peoplo Is coming true. Tho great
days havo como when tho only thing
that thoy nsk for or ndmlro is duty
greatly and nduquately done; whon
thoy only wish for America Is that
she may share tho freedom sho en
joys; when a great compelling sym
pathy wells up In their hearts for
mon ovorywhoro who suffer nnd are
oppressed, and whon they soe at last
tho high uses for which their wealth
has beon plied up and their mighty
powor accumulated, and counting
nelthor blood nor treasure now that
tho final day of opportunity has como,
rejoice to spend nnd bo spent through
a long night of sufforing, of terror, In
order that thoy and mon ovorywhoro
may sco tho duwn of n day of righto
I...H . n i
- ousnoas and Justice and peace. Shall
lKi, .rnv wirv Minn liv lilil tin not?
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
ALL IDLERS MUST
FIGHT OR L
GENERAL CROWDER ISSUES OR-
DER COVERING VARIOUS
SPORTS AND TRADES.
EDICT IN FORCE JULY FIRST
Amendment to Selective Service Regu
lations to Make Nation Efficient
In War Takes Registrants Out
of Deferred' Class.
Bulletin.
Washington, May 23. Genernl
Crowder's new "work-or-flght" regula
tions mny require professional base
ball players cither to engage in some
useful occupation or to Join the nrmy.
Baseball players, ns well ns jockeys,
professional golfers nnd other profes
sional sportsmen, General- Crowder
snld toduy, will be affected by the reg
ulations If strictly enforced. General
Crowder said he did not desire to muke
specific rulings nt this time nnd would
mnko rulings only when cases came to
him from local boards ufter July 1.
Bulletin.
Washington, Mny 23. Thentrlcnl
performers hnve been excepted from
the new draft regulations nt the di
rection of Secretnry Baker, who is said
to feel thnt the people cannot do with
out nil amusement In war tlmo nnd
that other nmusements could be dis
pensed with more readily.
Washington, May 23. Every man
of drnft(age must either work or flglrt
after July 1, under u drastic amend
ment to tho selective service regula
tions announced today by General
Crowder, provost innrshal general.
Not only Idlers, but nil draft regis
trants engaged In whnt are held to bo
nonuseful occupations are to be haled
before local boards find given the
choice of n new job or the unny.
Gamblers, race track nnd bucket
shop attendants nnd fortune tellers
head the list, but those who will be
renched by the new regulation also In
clude wnlters nnd bartenders, theater
ushers nnd attendants, passenger ele
vator operators and other attendants
of clubs, hotels, stores, etc., domestics
nnd clerks In stores.
Deferred classification granted on ac
count of dependents will be disregard
ed entirely In npplylng the rule. A
mnn may be nt the bottom of cluss 1,
or even in class 4, but If he falls with
in the regulation nnd refuses to take
useful employment he will bo given a
new number In class 1 that will send
him into the military service forthwith.
Local boards nre authorized to use dis
cretion only where they find thnt en
forced chungo of employment would
result In disproportionate hardship up
on his dependents.
May Solve the Labor Problem.
It has been known for some time thnt
some form of "work or tight" plan has
been submitted to President Wilson,
but there has been no intimation that it
wns so far reuchlng In its scope. Both
tho military authorities nnd depart
ment of Inbor officials believe that It
will go n long way toward solving tho
Inbor problem for farmers, shipbuild
ers and munition makers nnd will end,
for the present at least, talk of con
scription of labor. The announcement
today gives notice slgnlflcnntly that the
list, of nonuseful occupations will be ex
tended from tlmo to time as necessity
requires.
The statement of tho provost mar
shal general's office is ns follows:
"Provost Marshal General Crowder
today announced an amendment to tho
selective service regulations which
deals with tho greut question of com
pelling men not enguged In n .useful
occupntlon immediately to npply them
selves to some form of Inbor, contrib
uting to the general good. Tho idler,
too, will find himself confronted with
tho alternative of finding suitable em
ployment or entering the army.
"This regulation provides that nfter
July 1, any registrant who is found by
a local board to bo a habitual idler or
not engnged in some useful occupation
shnll be summoned before the board,
given a chance to explain and, in the
absence of n satisfactory explanation,
to be inducted Into the miliiiiry service
of tho United States.
"Any local board will bo authorized
to take uctlnn, whether It has an orig
inal jurisdiction of thu registrant or
not; In other words,, any man loafing
around n poolroom In Chicago may be
held to answer to a Chicago board ovon
though he mny have registered In
Now York nnd lived there most of his
life.
"The regulations which apply to Idle
registrants will be deemed to npply
nlso to gamblers of ull description and
employee!,, nnd nttendants of bucket
shops nnd race tracks, fortune tellers,
clairvoyants, palmists and the like,
who for tho purpose of the regulations
6hnll be considered ns Idlers.
New Rule Is Sweeping.
"The new regulation will ulso affect
tho following classes:
"(a) Persons engnged In the serving
of food nnd drink, or either, In public
places, Including hotels and social
clubs.
"(b) Passenger elevator operators
nnd attendants, doormen, footmen nnd
other nttendants of clubs, hotels,
Btores, apartment houses, office build
ings nnd bathhouses.
(c) Persons, including ushers nnd
nitifii. nttnmlnnte miOTIf-Pf! fltlll ffrPll
i.i i ., in 'n,,n,.tin u-itii ,.iiinoa
OB
sports' nnd amusements, excepting Ing effectively to til 3 industrial wel
actual performers in legitimate con- faro of the nation."
THESIS AltR HIT 1IY UHDEIt TO
Kl GUT OR WOllK.
Idlers.
Gamblers.
IJuoket shop employee.
lluce track attendants.
Clairvoyants and tho Hue.
Professional gotcrB.
Professional baseball players
(probably). . . . .
Elevator operators at clubs and
tores.
Club and hotel doormen.
Walters In hotels and clubs.
Ushers In theaters.
Attendants nt sports.
Persons In domestic service.
Clerks In stores.
Npcclallr Exempt.
Actors.
ccriii, operas or theatrical perform
ance. "(d) Tersons employed in domestic
service.
"(e) Snles clerks and other clerks
employed In stores nnd other mercan
tile establishments.
"Men who are engnged ns above or
who are idlers will not be permitted
to seek relief because of the fact that
they have drawn n later order num
ber or because they have been placed
in clnss II, III or IV on the grounds of
dependency. The fact that ho is not
usefully employed will outweigh both
of the above conditions.
To Extend Nonuseful List.
"It is expected thnt the list of non
useful occupations will be extended
from tlmo to tlmo as necessity will re
quire so as to Include persons in other
employments.
"Temporary absences from regular
employment not to exceed ono week,
unless such temporary absences are
habitual nnd frequent, shall not be con
sidered ns idleness. Regular vncatlona
will not be considered ns nbsences In
this connection.
"Tho regulation throws n further
safeguard around men not usefully em
ployed by providing that where there
nre compelling domestic circumstances
thnt would not permit chnnge of em
ployment by the registrant without dis
proportionate hardship to his depend
ents or where n change from nonuseful
to useful employment or occupation
would necessitate a removal of tho
registrant or his fnmily, local boards
may give consideration to tlio circum
stances. "The regulation further provides
thnt where such a change of employ
ment would compel the night employ
ment of women under circumstances
which a board might deem unsuitable
for such employment of women the
board mny take such circumstances
Into consideration In mnking its de
cision." General Crowder Explains Plan.
Explaining the new regulation and
the necessity for It, Genernl Crowder
said:
"The war has so far disorganized
tho normal adjustment of Industrial
man power as to prevent the enor
mous industrial output and national
orgunlzntlon necessary to success.
"There Is a popular demand for or
ganization of man power, but no di
rect draft could be imposed at pres
ent. "Steps to prohibit Idleness and non
effective occupation will be welcomed
by our people,
"Wo shnll give the idlers and men
not effectively employed the choice be
tween military service and effective
employment. , Every mnn, in the draft
ago nt least, must work or fight.
"This is not nlone n war or mili
tary maneuver. It is n deadly contest
of Industries nnd mechanics.
Must Copy German Machine.
"Germany must not be thought of ns
merely possessing nn nrmy, wo must
think of her ns being an nrmy .n
army In which every factory and loom
In the empire ts n recognized part In
a complete mnchlne runnlrtg night nnd
dnv nt terrific speed. We must make
of ourselves the same sort of effective
mnchlne.
"It is not enough to nsk what would
happen If every man In the natlon.turn
ed his hand to effective work. Wo
must make ourselves effective. Wo
must organize for the future. We
must make vast withdrawals for the
nrmy nnd Immediately close up the
ranks of Industry behind the gnp with
nn accelerating production of every
useful thing in necessary measure,
now is this to be dono?
"The answer Is plain. The first step
toward tho solution of tho difficulty Is
to prohibit engagement by able-bodied
men in the Held of hurtful employ
ment, Idleness or Ineffectual employ
ment, nnd thus Induce nnd persunde
tliq vast wasted excess into useful
fields.
'Tlio verv situation we nro now con
sidering, however, offers great possi
bilities In Improvement of the draft as
well as great possibilities for tne com
position of the labor situation by ef
fective administration of the draft.
Considering the selective service Inw.
wo see two prlnclpnl causes of detri
ment of the call to military service
exemption nnd the order numbers as
signed by lot.
Exemptions In Two Categories.
"Tho exemptions themselves fall Into
two conspicuous categories depend
ency nnd industrial employment. One
protects domestic relations, the other
the economic Interests of the nation.
Between the two there Is an Inev
itable hiatus, for It Is demonstrably
true that thousands, If not millions, of
dependency exemptions huve no ef
fect of industrial protection, whatever.
"Ono of tho unnnswernblo criticisms
of the draft has been that it takes men
from the farms and from all useful
employments nnd ranrches them past
crowds of Idlers and loafers to tho
nrmy. The remedy is simple to couple
the Industrlnl basis with otlmr grounds
fnr pxomntlon nnd to require that any
man pleading exemption on nny ground
Rhnll also show that he Is contrlbut
ITciK
M'ADOO ISSUES SWEEPING OR
DER REMOVING PRESIDENTS
OF ALL ROADS.
U. S. DIRECTORS TO MANAGE
To Retain Positions Officials Must
Sever All Connections With th a'
Transportation Systems and Be- jr
come Government Employees Solely.
Wnshlngton, May 22. Director Gen
eral McAtloo bus removed eVery rail
road president In tho United States
from uctlvo duty us executive mnnnger
of his respective rond. A federal di
rector will bo nppolnted for eiich rond,
to be responsible only to the rnllronil
administration.
In many cases tlio president of the
road may be named federal director.
As another step In the reorganiza
tion of railroad mnuugement, the di
rector genernl ordered tho crentlon of
two operating districts the Allegheny
region, consisting of tho principal
trunk lines enst of Pittsburgh; exclud
ing tho New York Central, managed by
0. H. Mnrkham, now regional director
for the South, nnd tho Pocahontas dla
trict, consisting of tho enst and west
trunk lines terminating at Hampton
Roads.
Statement by McAdoo.
The following statement was Issued
by Director Genernl McAdoo :
"In view of the direct responsibility
for the operation of the railroads of
the country placed upon Director Gen
eral McAdoo by tho act of congress,
nnd by tho proclamations of tlio presi
dent, he has been unnble to escape the
conclusion thnt It will bo advisable t
place in direct charge of each prop
erty for operating purposes n repre
sentative to be known as the federal
manager, who will report to the re
gional director.
"As fnr ns practicable this federal
manager will be chosen from the op
erating ofllcers of tho particular prop
erty who are entirely fnmlllar with its
employees nnd its conditions.
"Except so fnr ns may be necessary
to meet the emergency conditions
which compel tho government to tako
control of the railroads, tho federal
manager of each railroad will en
deavor to avail himself to tho fullest
extent of tho advantages Incident to
tho operations of tho particular rail
road as a unit nnd tho preservation of
its Identity.
Seeks Best Results.
"This is believed to be of essential
Importance not only to secure tlio
beist results during tho period of gov
ernment control, but also to give tho
greatest degree of reassurance to tlio
officers nnd employees that the rail
road careers upon which they have en
tered will not be narrowed, but if any
thing, will be broadened, and to glvo
the greatest possible reassurance to
the stockholders that their just inter
ests In the properties will be respected
and thnt nothing will bo needlessly
done to have even the nppearnnce of
impairing their just rights."
Under tho radical plan outlined by
Mr. McAdoo, the board of directors
will operate In purely nn advisory ca
pacity. More Important Roads.
A list of the more Important rail
roads and the names of their presi
dents follow:
Atchison, Topekn and Santa Fe, E.
P. Ripley.
Boston nnd Maine, James H. Hustls
(receivership).
Central Puclfic, William F. Herrln.
Chicago and Alton, W. G. Blord.
Eastern Illinois, William J. Jackson
(receivership).
Chicago and Northwestern, R. H.
Alshton.
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy, Halo
Holden.
Chicago Great Western, W. L. Park
(acting).
Chicago, Indlnnnpolls and Louisville,
Ilnrry R. Kurrlo.
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul,
H. E. Bynim.
Rock Island, J. E. Gorman.
Denver nnd Rio Grande, E. L. Brown.
Erie, F. D. Underwood.
Great Northern, Louis W. Hill.
Illinois Central, C. II. Murkli m (re
signed). Kansas City Southern, J. A. Edson.
Lehigh Volley, E. E. Loomls.
Louisville and Nashville, Milton 1L
Smith.
Mlchlgnn Central, Alfred II. Sntth.
Missouri, Knnsus and Texas, C. E.
Sehnff (prosldont nnd receiver.
Missouri Pacific, 15. F. Bush.
New York Central, Alfred II. Smith.
New York, Now Haven nnd Hart
ford, Edward J. Pearson.
Northern Pacific, Julo M. Hnnnaford.
Pennsylvania, Samuel Rea.
Pero Marquette, F. II. Alfred.
Seaboard Air Line, William J. Ilaru
hnn. Southern Pacific, William Sproule.
Southern railway, Fairfax Iluriison.
Wabash, Edward F. Kearney.
Union Pacific, E. E. Calvin.
Sidewalk Conversations.
(When two successful business men
chnnco to meet.)
"Hello, old top."
'"Lo. How are you?"
"Fine. How's yourself?"
"Fine. What's doing?"
"Nothing. Anything now?"
"Not a thing. Henrd anything late
ly?" "Nope. You?"
"Not a whisper. Everything quiet.""
"Yep. Pretty dead."
"Yeah. Well, so long. Pretty busy."
"Snnio here. Good-by."
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